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Car Coupling.

Patented Jan. 15, 1867.

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J. T. WILSON, OF EAST LIBERTY, AND T. J. LOUIS, OF PORT PERRY,PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 61,296, dated January 15, 1867.

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Be it known that we, J. T. WILSON, of East Liberty, county of Allegheny,and State of Pennsylvania, and T. J. LOUIS, of Port Perry, county aiidState aforesaid, have invented a new and improved Apparatus for CouplingRailroad and other Cars; and we do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operationof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making apart of this specification, in which- Figure I is a perspective view.

Figure II is alongitudinal section.

Figure III is a transverse section and Figure IV is a horizontalscction-and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like lettersreferring tt like parts of each.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction, combination,and arrangement of an automatic couplingdever with other devices, so asto make a self-connecting car-coupliug, at once new useful, durable, andpracticable.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, wewill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

We construct the coupling-frame in any known form and of any knownmaterial, but usually employ wrought iron, particularly for thefaceplate a. The inner edge of this face-plattwe flange backwards, as atb, or construct it with a bevel or concave surface, so as to guide thecounectiugdiuk 0 through the draw-head under the draw-bolt d, andagainst the coupling-lever s. This coupling-lever e we construct of anyknown material, usually of wrought iron, of such size and weight as maybe requisite, and hang it by a bolt, m, passing through a hole, or morecommonly a slot, 11, in its upper part, or by any other equivalentmechanical device, so as to give its. vertical as well as a swingingmotion and secure its free action, even when, as is usually desirable,an extra connecting-link, 0, is carried in the coupling-frame, and alsoto afford room for the connecting-link u to slide back into thecoupling-frame, should it (the link) fail to enter the draw-hcad of thecar with which a connection is desired, or in any other way strike asolid object, thus avoiding all danger of breaking the connectingliuk orother part of the coupling device, when, for any cause, no connection ismade. This lever c has a catch, 3, Fig. II, which supports, previous tocoupling, the draw-bolt d. The insertion of the connecting-link c forcesbackwards or upwards, or both, the coupling-lever c, as indicated by redlines in Figs. II and IV, releases the draw-bolt d, which falls throughthe connecting-link to its position, being guided, as it falls, by theconcave or forked edge g, Fig. IV, of the catch's, so made for thatpurpose. The connecting-link being thus inserted to the place indicatedin Fig. II, the weight of the coupling-lever e, resting on the insertedend, as at- 22, Fig. II, keeps it (the link) in a position horizontal,or nearly so, so as to cause it to enter and connect with the similarlyconstructed coupling of another car, substantially as above described,rendering it thus essentially self-connecting.

We do not claim any of the above-descrihed devices as new, in themselvesconsidered; but we claim In combination with the draw-bolt d, and theflanged or bevelled face-plate b, the coupling-lever e, when hung fromthe upper bar of the coupling-frame, so as to leave a free space for thereception of an extra link, 0, and allow disconnecting-link c to slideback into the coupling-frame, when necessary, the parts beingconstructed and arrangedsubstantially as and for the purposes abovedescribed.

J. T. WILSON, T. J. LOUIS.

Witnesses:

Geo. R. Oocussu, WM. W. Susw.

